Clifford Laconia Jordan (September 2, 1931 – March 27, 1993) was an American
jazz
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tenor saxophone
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player. While in Chicago, he performed with
Max Roach
Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history. He work ...
,
Sonny Stitt
Edward Hammond Boatner Jr. (February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982), known professionally as Sonny Stitt, was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/ hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of h ...
, and some
rhythm and blues
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groups. He moved to New York City in 1957, after which he recorded three albums for Blue Note. He recorded with
Horace Silver
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s.
After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sc ...
Kenny Dorham
McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public ...
, among others. He was part of the
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, pianist, composer, bandleader, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians an ...
Sextet, with
Eric Dolphy
Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist and flautist. On a few occasions, he also played the clarinet and piccolo. Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to ga ...
, during its 1964 European tour.
Jordan toured Africa with Randy Weston, and performed in
Paris
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while living in
Belgium
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. In later years, he led his own groups, performed with
Cedar Walton
Cedar Anthony Walton Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey's band, The Jazz Messengers, before establishing a long career as a bandleader and co ...
's quartet Eastern Rebellion, and led a big band.
Jordan was married to Shirley Jordan, a designer and former owner of Clothing Manufacturing Corporation in
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. He later married Sandy Jordan (née Williams), a graphic artist and Honorary Founders Board member of the Jazz Foundation of America.
Death
Jordan died of lung cancer at the age of 61 in
New York City
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* John Gilmore (musician) (1931–1995), American jazz saxophonist
* John Gilmore (representative) (1780–1845) ...
Bobby Timmons
Robert Henry Timmons (December 19, 1935 – March 1, 1974) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was a sideman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers for two periods (July 1958 to September 1959; February 1960 to June 1961), between which he wa ...
A Story Tale
''A Story Tale'' is an album by jazz saxophonists Clifford Jordan and Sonny Red which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Jazzland label.Jazzland) with
Sonny Red
Sylvester Kyner Jr. (December 17, 1932 – March 20, 1981), known as Sonny Red, was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer associated with the hard bop idiom among other styles.
Sonny Red played with Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller, Paul Q ...
* 1961: ''
Starting Time
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Muse
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SteepleChase
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SteepleChase
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)
* 1975: ''
On Stage Vol. 3
''On Stage Vol. 3'' is a live album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in Holland in 1975 and first released on the SteepleChase label in 1979.
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SteepleChase
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SteepleChase
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* Steeplechase (athletics), an event in athletics that derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing ...
)
* 1975: ''
The Highest Mountain
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SteepleChase
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Inward Fire
''Inward Fire'' is an album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in New York City in 1977 and released on the Muse label.Fitzgerald, M.Clifford Jordan leader entry accessed April 11, 2014
Reception
The Allmusic site rated the album ...
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Von Freeman
Earle Lavon "Von" Freeman Sr. (October 3, 1923 – August 11, 2012) was an American hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist.
Biography
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Freeman as a young child was exposed to jazz. His father, George, a city policeman, was a ...
Repetition
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*Working title for the 1985 slasher film '' ...
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)
* 1984: ''
Dr. Chicago
''Dr. Chicago'' is an album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in 1984 and released on the Bee Hive label.Two Tenor Winner'' ( Criss Cross) with
Junior Cook
Herman "Junior" Cook (July 22, 1934 – February 3, 1992) was an American hard bop tenor saxophone player.
Biography
Cook was born in Pensacola, Florida. After playing with Dizzy Gillespie in 1958, Cook was a member of the Horace Silver Quin ...
* 1985: ''
The Rotterdam Session
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'' (Audio Daddio) with
Philly Joe Jones
Joseph Rudolph "Philly Joe" Jones (July 15, 1923 – August 30, 1985) was an American jazz drummer.
Biography Early career
As a child, Jones appeared as a featured tap dancer on ''The Kiddie Show'' on the Philadelphia radio station WIP. He wa ...
and James Long
* 1986: ''
Royal Ballads
''Royal Ballads'' is an album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan's Quartet which was recorded in late 1986 and released on the Dutch Criss Cross Jazz label.Fitzgerald, M.Clifford Jordan leader entry accessed April 11, 2014
Reception
In his review on ...
Blue Head
''Blue Head'' is a live album by saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman's Quartet plus Clifford Jordan recorded at the 5th Annual Riverside Park Arts Festival in 1989 and released on the Candid label.Candid
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, 1990) with
David "Fathead" Newman
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Columbia
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Ronnie Burrage
Ronnie Burrage (born James Ronaldo Burrage October 19, 1959) is an American jazz drummer. His style draws from jazz, funk, and soul.
Career
He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Burrage sang in the St. Louis Cathedral boys' choir f ...
Play What You Feel
''Play What You Feel'' is a live album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan's Big Band which was recorded in New York City in 1990 and released on the Mapleshade label in 1997.Down Through the Years
''Down Through the Years'' is a live album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan's Big Band that was recorded in New York City in 1991 and released on the Milestone label in 1992.
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Milestone
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Sonny Clark
Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark (July 21, 1931 – January 13, 1963) was an American jazz pianist and composer who mainly worked in the hard bop idiom.
Early life
Clark was born and raised in Herminie, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town east of Pi ...
*'' Sonny Clark Quintets'' (Blue Note, 1957, the three tracks with Clifford Jordan reissued on ''
My Conception
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Epistrophy & Now's the Time
''Epistrophy & Now's the Time'' (reissued as ''Epistrophy'') is a live album by bassist Richard Davis recorded in 1972 and released on the Muse label.Dealin'
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'' (Muse, 1973)
With
Eric Dolphy
Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist and flautist. On a few occasions, he also played the clarinet and piccolo. Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to ga ...
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Iron Man
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'' (1963)
With
Art Farmer
Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, doub ...
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Mirage
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Contemporary
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, 1987)
*'' Blame It on My Youth'' (Contemporary, 1988)
*'' Ph.D.'' (Contemporary, 1989)
*''Live at Sweet Basil'' (
Evidence
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, 1992)
With
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but a ...
Telarc
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, 1992)
With
Slide Hampton
Locksley Wellington Hampton (April 21, 1932 – November 18, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. As his nickname implies, Hampton's main instrument was slide trombone, but he also occasionally played tuba and flugel ...
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Roots
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'' (Criss Cross, 1985)
With
John Hicks
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and
Elise Wood Elise Wood is a jazz flautist.
Biography
Wood studied classical flute in Philadelphia. In the 1970s, she moved from there to New York. There, she played in jazz groups, including with bassist Vishna Wood. They married, but were leading separate liv ...
Shades
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'' (Soul Note, 1986)
With
J. J. Johnson
J.J. Johnson (January 22, 1924 – February 4, 2001), born James Louis Johnson and also known as Jay Jay Johnson, was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.
Johnson was one of the earliest trombonists to embrace bebop.
Biograph ...
Carmen McRae
Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpre ...
Carmen Sings Monk
''Carmen Sings Monk'' is a 1990 studio album by the American jazz singer Carmen McRae, focusing exclusively on the songs composed by Thelonious Monk. It was one of the last recordings released in her lifetime. McRae was accompanied by Clifford Jo ...
'' (1988)
With
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, pianist, composer, bandleader, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians an ...
007
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Astral Weeks
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Revenge!
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America
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, 1964
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Mingus in Europe Volume II
''Mingus in Europe Volume II'' is a live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, recorded in 1964 in Germany and released on the Enja label in 1980.
'' (Enja, 1964
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By place Europe
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Fantasy
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Lee Morgan
Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer.
One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording on John Coltrane's '' Blue Train'' ...
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Here's Lee Morgan
''Here's Lee Morgan'' is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan originally released on the Vee-Jay label. It was recorded on February 8, 1960 and features performances by Morgan with Clifford Jordan, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Art Blakey ...
Take Twelve
''Take Twelve'' is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan originally released on the Jazzland label. It was recorded on January 24, 1962, and features performances by Morgan with Clifford Jordan, Barry Harris, Bob Cranshaw and Louis Hayes.
Recep ...
Pony Poindexter
Norwood "Pony" Poindexter (February 8, 1926, New Orleans, Louisiana – April 14, 1988, Oakland, California) was an American jazz saxophonist.
Poindexter began on clarinet and switched to playing alto and tenor sax. In 1940 he studied unde ...
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Pony's Express
''Pony's Express'' is the debut album by saxophonist Pony Poindexter which was released on the Epic label in 1962.Fitzgerald, M.Pony Poindexter Leader Entryaccessed July 2, 2015
Reception
Ken Dryden of Allmusic stated: "It's a shame that Pony P ...
Lonely City
''Lonely City'' is an album by pianist Freddie Redd recorded in 1985 and released by the Uptown label in 1989.Fitzgerald, Freddie Redd Leader Entry accessed March 28, 2019
Reception
In his AllMusic review, Scott Yanow states: "Pianist Freddi ...
'' (Uptown, 1985
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Manhattan Project
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Roy Haynes
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Max Roach
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The Jazz We Heard Last Summer
''The Jazz We Heard Last Summer'' is a split album featuring saxophonist Sahib Shihab and flautist Herbie Mann's groups recorded in 1957 for the Savoy label.
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Savoy
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, 1957)
With
Horace Silver
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s.
After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sc ...
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Further Explorations
''Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet'' is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, released on the Blue Note Records, Blue Note label in 1958 and containing performances by Silver with Art Farmer, Clifford Jordan, Teddy Kotick, an ...
'' (Blue Note, 1958)
With
Charles Tolliver
Charles Tolliver (born 1942) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and co-founder of Strata East Records.
Biography
Tolliver was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1942 and moved with his family to New York City when he was 10. During his ch ...
Mal Waldron
Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Wa ...
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What It Is
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* What It Is (Boogaloo Joe Jones album), ''What It Is'' (Boogaloo Joe Jones album), 1971
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'' (Enja, 1981)
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Anthony Walton Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey's band, The Jazz Messengers, before establishing a long career as a bandleader and co ...
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Spectrum
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A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2
''A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2'' (partially reissued on the compilation CD ''Naima - Recorded Live at Boomer's NYC'' ) is a live album by pianist Cedar Walton recorded in 1973 and released on the Muse label.The Pentagon
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Joe Zawinul
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